British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe facing 16 more years in Iranian jail

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British office worker jailed in Tehran, could be separated from her daughter, Gabriella, and husband Richard for a further 16 years after a shock move by Iranian authoritiesPress Association

A British woman jailed in Tehran could face 16 more years behind bars after the Iranian courts reopened her case and added three charges, her husband said.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 38, an Iranian-British dual national, has been serving a five-year sentence for allegedly plotting to topple the Iranian regime. The London-based office worker was arrested with her 18-month-old daughter, Gabriella, at Tehran airport in 2016 while trying to return to Britain.

Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe is employed by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable wing of the news organisation. The regime claims she used her charity work as a front to try to overthrow the authorities. The foundation has denied that she has ever worked on any programmes in Iran. Her daughter is still in the country and…

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